The prospect of being the architect of my own communication stimulates me and even though it happens a lot, I really do feel cheap when I am just vomiting words.

I learned to speak three other languages before English became my tongue, and although much of it is long forgotten, I like to integrate foreign elements into my language.

I learned to articulate my thoughts using pencils and paint brushes and I do not know how to use words any differently than I use a pencil - - for me it's dimension, highlights, shadows and tones -- and not being afraid to influence another's mood.

I can't help but see text as image and if the writer or the printer lays a block of text on a page in a non-aesthetic way, I will feel an irresistible urge to want to move the text with my fingers -- no matter how well written the piece might be, it will hurt my eyes, I will be distracted by the flaw, and I won't be able to truly enjoy reading it.

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And you do it well!... btw what are the other languages u speak? For me words come out thru my photos... I am always looking for different angles to take a picture- I try and think outside the box, I try to get across my feelings thru the pictures I take...

i agree! though i don't have your artistic bent. i always say i'm the audience and that makes me part of the artistic process :) i like spoken and written words to flow, and i have been known to abandon my beloved grammar rules in favor of the flow.

i learned english and spanish at the same time, then forgot most of my spanish until i took it in high school and college. these days my spanish verb conjugation is horrifying and my spanish vocabulary pretty limited, but i enjoy the fact that what little of the language i do retain, i don't have to translate to english in my head. what are your languages?

Very interesting. I'm curious as to what prompted your post.In the photo, is that natural light? The red to yellow, reminds me of a bright fall day, with leaves catching the last of the summer sun before letting go of the tree. It's like your comment on "it's dimensions, highlights, shadows and tones". Is that a Geoff picture?

I just love words too, Agnes and wish I had studied Latin and learned about the evolvement of our vocabulary. That is why I like blogging and emailing and texting as opposed to phone calls as it gives me the chance to use words and my own turn of phrase. I always enjoy your use of words and can see your love of expression when you write.

Agnes. I love your words and how you use them. Tom Robbins always enthralled me with his word play but you take it a step further and dazzle me with the images of the words, not just the meaning. Rudyard Kipling, another of my favorites said, "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." If this is so, then Agnes your words often transform my reality and bewitch my soul. I love you.
Geoff

words are a craft, like sewing or landscaping or cooking. It has structure and organization and flow, and it is when that craft is strong that the art can seep it's way through and come out as the apparent aspect of the word collection. You are good at both.

Words are pretty much like paints for a painter and notes for a musician, yet they constitute the most powerful means of communication. And you know how to master words in order to communicate. Doesn't that make a brilliant writer?